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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Paul Michael Chaikin, Pennington, NJ (US);
Tycho Sleator, New York, NY (US);
Remi Dreyfus, New York, NY (US);
Daniel Sleator, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Paul Michael Chaikin, Pennington, NJ (US);
Tycho Sleator, New York, NY (US);
Remi Dreyfus, New York, NY (US);
Daniel Sleator, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 4/00 (2006.01); B82B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B82B 3/0052 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 403/74 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method and system for constructing structures by self-assembly of objects. The method and system include providing a first object having a first selected shape and providing a second object having a second selected shape, the shape of the first and second objects interacting to form an alignment which has only a simple stable state arising from minimization of interaction energy for the single stable state.